October 17, 2018

Tom Firsching wins at Northeast World GT-R Champs

The 3rd Annual Northeast World GT-R Championships were held at CRC Raceway in Rome, New York last weekend. With over 30 entries in World GT-R only, the race was well attended with drivers from Ohio, Canada, Western New York as well as a great group from central NY in attendance. In addition to World GT-R, drivers would do battle in 1/12th scale, Legends and Euro Trucks. The race featured CRC’s race point format that allows any racer to be on top by winning their heat with drivers of near equal ability. Race control re-sort every round by the fastest three consecutive laps so that every heat is stacked with drivers of near equal ability. To win the event overall, the drivers in their respective heat have to be beaten. The scoring system rewards consistency and “driving to your ability”. Going into the final round, the format produced a number of racers that could win the overall. In the end it was Tom Firsching (CRC) with the overall victory from Julianna Roman (CRC) and Kevin Large (Speedmerchant). Dan Holcomb (CRC) and Christopher Howard (CRC) would round out the top 5.

Source: CRC Raceway & Hobbies [teamcrc.com]

October 17, 2018

MRCP Arena Winter Championship Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 6-race MRCP Arena Winter Championship was held at the newly designed MRCP Arena indoor race track in Dagmersellen, Switzerland. The event was held in the three categories of Touring ProStock, Formula and Race Truck and in ProStock it was Norwegian driver Andreas Daving taking the win in front of Nuno Huber and Boris Siladi. It was a very strong and clear win for Andreas but behind there was nothing decided until final A-main.

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October 17, 2018

Muchmore Fleta M8 V2 brushless speed controller

Muchmore have introduced their new 180A-rated Fleta M8 V2 brushless speed controller for 1/8th scale applications. Usable with up to 6S LiPo input the ESC supports 2-pole, 4-pole and 6-pole motors, it features a 6V/7.2V programmable 8A BEC system and it measures 50x47x37mm while weighing in at 156g. The sensored speed also utilises a built-in on/off switch and an integrated programming port.

View a list of the specifications here

October 17, 2018

Infinity IF14 alloy spring cups & low friction belt

Coming from Creation Model are two new optional parts for the Infinity IF14 electric touring car. The first of the new releases are aluminium shock spring retaining collars. Made of precision machined aluminium, and featuring a black-anodised finish, they are extremely light and help the shock absorber and the shock spring work more efficiently. They are supplied in a set of four.

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October 17, 2018

Sunday Race Cup Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of this year’s Sunday Race Cup was held at the HSH race tracks in Dintikon, Switzerland. 22 drivers in three categories signed in, making for good racing in perfect weather conditions. In Race Truck it was a clear win for Tobias Kunz in front of veteran racer, Luigi Manzo and Micha Kühne. Tobias had a perfect day with the TQ and wins in all three A-mains. Micha Kühne looked like he would wrap up the runner-up spot, however a crash in the final A-main meant that Luigi hold the upper hand to finish 2nd overall.

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October 17, 2018

Power HD M9 high-voltage mid-size servo

Coming from Power HD is their new M9 mid-size high-voltage servo for 1/12th scale applications. It features an all-aluminium heatsink case, coreless motor, copper and titanium gears and it is capable of up to 9kg-cm of torque and a speed of down to 0.07s. The servo measures 35×15.1×29.5mm, weighs in at 35g and it will hit stores soon.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

October 17, 2018

T-Works T4’19 ball ends & lightweight screw sets

T-Works have introduced a range of ball end and screw sets for Xray’s new T4’19 touring car. The 22-piece sets are available as titanium-nitride coated, hard-coated aluminium or polished titanium set to achieve either a lower weight or improved wear resistance while also adding some visual impact. Also new are several screw kits including 109-piece UFO head titanium, 104-piece orange aluminium, 109-piece UFO head orange aluminium, 109-piece aluminium and titanium as well as 109-piece UFO head aluminium and titanium sets. All reduce the car’s overall weight compared to using the stock steel screws with the alloy and mixed alloy sets achieving the greatest weight savings.

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